Apples

What do you think of when you hear the word APPLE?

   The apple. It has many different purposes and stories, colors and tastes. It is a beautiful creation, no? You can make almost anything out of it, sweet or delicious. Bake it into a toasty warm apple pie or cook it into a piping hot apple turn over. Many people crave pastries like this. The gooey warm sweetness rests nicely in the pit of their stomachs. But I like apples in a different way. I think apples have more flavor as a cold and hard fruit that falls out of a tree; untouched and beautiful. But, reader, when you think of apples, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? If you could describe an apple to someone in one single word, what would it be? Sweetness? Happiness? Love? I can tell you mine. It is a simple thing really. One that you may only think of when it comes to small men, witches, and run away girls. One simple word that has much power and meaning behind it.

   Poison.

Author's Note

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~S.N. Keith